Project: multiple resources no increase in duration

[Becky0865]

I need to assign multiple resources to some shared tasks. The work is
occuring at the same time but Project is doubling the time duration. (eg. 4
hour meeting with 2 resource groups is showing as 8 hour total duration). i
don't want to have to make resource groups for each possible combination of
resources.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Becky,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #10-Multiple Resource Assignments, at this
site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Geordie [TMG]]

Becky

the easiest way to get round this automatic calculation proejct is doing is
to split the screen [Window-split] this will give you more information on the
task. Regardless of what Project does when changing this - you can just enter
the correct information in, but be wary of Effort Driven and the Task Type -
I alway use Fixed Duration so project does change the durations on me.

In this window it is easy to just enter in the correct information, duration
and resource. Project will allow you to enter in the duration and resource
information once, when you go back to make changes project will start
changing things. There are lots of articles on why this happen (I just read